1 Kings 19:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the LORD said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלָ֔יו לֵ֛ךְ שׁ֥וּב לְדַרְכְּךָ֖ מִדְבַּ֣רָה דַמָּ֑שֶׂק וּבָ֗אתָ וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֧ אֶת־חֲזָאֵ֛ל לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־אֲרָֽם׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer YHWH to him go šûḇ to darkəḵā wilderness Dammeśeq and ûḇāʾtā and ûmāšaḥtā ʾet-Ḥăzāʾēl for meleḵ over-ʾĂrām.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
• *šûḇ*: Qal imperative masculine singular - return
• *darkəḵā*: noun masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your way
• *Dammeśeq*: proper noun - Damascus
• *ûḇāʾtā*: waw conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall come
• *ûmāšaḥtā*: waw conjunction + Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall anoint
• *Ḥăzāʾēl*: proper noun - Hazael
• *meleḵ*: noun masculine singular - king
• *ʾĂrām*: proper noun - Aram/Syria

Word Meanings

• *šûḇ lədarkəḵā*: return to your way/go back on your journey
• *midbarâ Dammeśeq*: to the wilderness of Damascus/toward the desert of Damascus
• *ûmāšaḥtā*: and anoint/and you shall anoint

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The LORD said to him, 'Go back the way you came, and go to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Aram.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto him, Go,{H3212} return{H7725} on thy way{H1870} to the wilderness{H4057} of Damascus:{H1834} and when thou comest,{H935} thou shalt anoint{H4886} Hazael{H2371} to be king{H4428} over Syria;{H758}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, return{H7725}{(H8798)} on thy way{H1870} to the wilderness{H4057} of Damascus{H1834}: and when thou comest{H935}{(H8804)}, anoint{H4886}{(H8804)} Hazael{H2371} to be king{H4428} over Syria{H758}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But the LORDE sayde vnto him: Go yi waye agayne thorow the wyldernes vnto Damascon, & go in, & anoynte Hasael kynge ouer Siria,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the Lord said vnto him, Goe, returne by the wildernes vnto Damascus, and when thou commest there, anoint Hazael King ouer Aram.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the Lord sayde vnto him: Go, and turne thy way to the wildernesse vnto Damasco: & when thou commest there, annoynt Hazael king ouer Syria:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael [to be] king over Syria:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah saith unto him, `Go turn back on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus, and thou hast gone in, and anointed Hazael for king over Aram,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Jehovah said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the Lord said to him, Go back on your way through the waste land to Damascus; and when you come there, put the holy oil on Hazael to make him king over Aram;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD said to him,“Go back the way you came and then head for the wilderness of Damascus. Go and anoint Hazael king over Syria.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 8:7-9 : 7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, "The man of God is come here." 8 And the king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'" 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' load, and came and stood before him, and said, "Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'" 10 And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You may certainly recover:' however the LORD has shown me that he shall surely die." 11 And he fixed his gaze steadily, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. 12 And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" And he answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will slay with the sword, and will dash their children, and rip up their women with child." 13 And Hazael said, "But what, is your servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?" And Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you shall be king over Syria." 14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me that you should surely recover." 15 And it happened on the next day, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his place.
• 2 Kgs 8:28 : 28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
• 2 Kgs 9:14 : 14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
• Isa 45:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the double doors; and the gates shall not be shut.
• Jer 1:10 : 10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
• Jer 27:2-9 : 2 Thus says the LORD to me; Make bonds and yokes, and put them upon your neck, 3 And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah, king of Judah; 4 And command them to say to their masters, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall you say to your masters; 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed right to me. 6 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field I have given him also to serve him. 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his grandson, until the very time of his land comes: and then many nations and great kings shall enslave him. 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish, says the LORD, with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. 9 Therefore do not listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: 10 For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and you should perish. 11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those I will let remain still in their own land, says the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. 12 I spoke also to Zedekiah, king of Judah, according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13 Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the LORD has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you. 15 For I have not sent them, says the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that you might perish, you, and the prophets that prophesy to you. 16 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says the LORD; Do not listen to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you. 17 Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste? 18 But if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 19 For thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the rest of the vessels that remain in this city, 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; 21 Yes, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; 22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there they shall be until the day that I visit them, says the LORD; then I will bring them up, and restore them to this place.
• Amos 1:4 : 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
• Acts 9:2-3 : 2 And requested letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 And as he traveled, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him:
• Gen 14:15 : 15 And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and attacked them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is north of Damascus.